Carson Palmer getting deserved honor this Sunday

This is the weekend former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer goes into the Ring of Honor at State Farm Stadium

Five years as an Arizona Cardinals starting quarterback for Carson Palmer.  For four of those years he produced some very good results for the Cardinals offense.

His last season was cut short by injury as was his second, although in that 2014 season, Palmer went 6-0 in his starts before a torn ACL ended his season in mid-November.  Now, the Cardinals are bringing him back for the Ring of Honor this Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks.

When this was originally announced back at the beginning of June, we debated then whether Palmer deserved to be in the Ring of Honor.  It seemed there were more in favor of than not but there were definitely some vocal opposition.

That debate was renewed this week on Twitter, thanks to the upcoming event at halftime on Sunday.  Does Carson Palmer deserve to be in the Ring?

Certainly he does.  Some questioned his longevity with the team though.  But why does that matter?  There is no set criteria on how long someone must play with the team before being considered.

There is definitely validity to some points being made about who else deserves to be in the Ring of Honor.  Guys like Larry Centers, Ron Wolfley, Anquan Boldin, Darnell Dockett, and Karlos Dansby continuously come up.  All of those players definitely deserve consideration.

However just because there are others does not mean Palmer doesn’t.  Also, why do we care in what order people are inducted?  Sure, those others are further back in Cardinals history but again, there is no pecking order here.

We definitely do hope all those aforementioned make it into the Ring of Honor someday soon.  Don’t be surprised however if more debate comes up.  For now, let’s all support Palmer in his induction on Sunday against one of the teams he played at his best against on the road while in a Cardinals uniform.